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Detection of K-ras mutations in DNAs isolated from feces of patients with colorectal tumors by mutant-allele-specific amplification (MASA).
Oncogene - 6 Apr 1995
Hasegawa Y, Takeda S, Ichii S, Koizumi K, Maruyama M, Fujii A, Ohta H, Nakajima T, Okuda M, Baba S
Abstract excerpt
K-ras mutations are found in approximately half of all colorectal tumors examined. To explore the possibility of detecting mutated K-ras rapidly and efficiently in DNAs isolated from fecal material, we applied the mutant allele specific amplification (MASA)-PCR method to DNA from feces of patients with colorectal tumors. Among 55 colorectal adenocarcinomas or adenomas examined, 19 were found to carry K-ras...
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